Dream It

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Most VC investors see hundreds, if not thousands, of startup decks and pitches each year. In this article, we’ll outline Managing Partner Steve Barsh’s top 5 things investors wish startup founders knew when reaching out, sending a deck, or pitching a VC. What’s Your Problem? direct, online, B2C, B2B).

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 31, 2020

But, speaking as someone who’s worked at several startups, Extra Crunch stories contain actionable information you can use to build a company and/or look smart in meetings — and that’s worth something. Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. The VCs who founders love the most.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

In a companion article on TechCrunch , Eric explores these broader shifts, concluding, “you can start to see a world emerging that sounds a lot more like the fantasies of a New Urbanist than the world before the pandemic.” Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. yourprotagonist.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 4, 2021

boom, a startup is born… And if you take a long view of their [founders] career, they’re missing out on the depth of things, experience, and authenticity of experience that I think informs the most interesting category-defining companies out there.” In this article, I explore trends that underpin the deep tech concept, and how Ph.D.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

This article originally appeared in Harvard Business Review on September 28, 2022. “ According to PitchBook , VC investments were down 30% in Q2 2022 compared with 2021, and IPOs hit a 50-year low. Today’s abrupt slowdown in VC investment suggests a post-recession-type M&A wave is on the horizon.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Founders are so anxious to avoid the pain of missing payroll or running out of cash in the near term that they make hasty decisions on investors that cost them later. Being aware of this bias can help founders take a balanced perspective. and more articles from the EO blog. The post Raising Funds? The post Raising Funds?

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Y Combinator

MARCH 15, 2024

When I joined YC in 2014, I thought I was transitioning from the management role I had as a startup founder to a job where most of my time would be spent doing office hours with YC founders.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Tech investors born after 1996 “have raised funds, garnered social media followings and profited from the Gen Z mentality,” says Andrew Chan, a senior associate at Builders VC. A Gen Z VC speaks up: Why Gen Z VCs are trash. yourprotagonist.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

“It’s about focusing on the metric that directly reflects the value that your company and products bring to your customers,” growth marketer Maya Moufarek told us in an interview for one of our most popular marketing articles of the week. Help TechCrunch find the best growth marketers for startups.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

Investing internationally, the firm went from a de facto family office to a multi-LP VC firm. The picture at the top of this article is the cleanroom at Scrona. The fund’s LPs include family offices, asset managers, enterprises and small businesses, along with existing portfolio startup founders.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 16, 2022

I am doubtful that I could ever be a venture-backed startup founder. Guess that’s why I’m a journalist and not a startup founder! VCs clamor to fund real estate investing startups. These startups allow for investments in slices of real estate. VC firm QED acquires fintech executive search company.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2022

Early-stage startup founders have just a few ways to recruit and retain employees: Offer a competitive salary. In a TC+ guest post, Kirsten Prost, vice president at VC/PE firm Tercera, lays out detailed steps for designing your equity program. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

Given the school’s past in spinning out successful startup founders, it unsurprisingly had no trouble raising $1.5 Now, two years later, the leader of that club, Steph Mui, is trying to replicate that playbook in the form of a venture-backed startup, and solo entrepreneurship.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. 3 lies VCs tell ourselves about startup valuations. The tortoise and the hare’ story is playing out right now in VC. We simply must take the time to get to know founders.”. ‘The tortoise and the hare’ story is playing out right now in VC.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

The ongoing AI boom is a contributing factor: 54 of the 282 companies in this cohort “are specifically building generative AI startups,” reported Natasha Mascarenhas. Last year, VCs flowed approximately $6 billion to resale platforms, according to Brian Schwarzbach, an investor with Cathay Innovation.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

A lot of these articles are part of TechCrunch+ — TechCrunch’s premium subscription product. Are you VC-investable? As a startup founder, you really need to understand how venture capital works. Here are a few articles we wrote to help you crack some of the more challenging parts of the pitch.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

.” That might work inside mature companies, but early-stage founders who are presenting themselves to investors must be more specific. In an interview with Natasha Mascarenhas, B2B stealth startup founder Akshaya Dinesh recounted the time her team was rejected by an accelerator because they hadn’t yet picked a CEO.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

As of September 2022, investors have amassed almost $300 billion in dry powder, and VC funds are still raising money by the boxcar. That’s because even during recessionary times, VC funds tend to outperform public markets. Which explains why I’ve never heard an investor say it’s a bad time to launch a startup.

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StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2021

Oftentimes, I read articles offering tips for entrepreneurs that revolve around generic advice on getting started. The investment platform I founded and run, VenturePole, is the investment partner of HealthInc, the health tech accelerator of Startupbootcamp, the biggest startup accelerator organization in Europe.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

” Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. What most startup founders get wrong about financial projections. The pressures facing first-time founders are enormous. ” What most startup founders get wrong about financial projections. Walter Thompson. Senior Editor, TechCrunch+.

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Gust

OCTOBER 2, 2014

As I’ve written about before, You’d Have to be a Big Baby to Complain about Being a VC. As a startup founder you rarely have much money in your bank accounts. I recently had coffee with a young friend who just finished his first startup. And I’m happy as a VC. Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In a TC+ guest post, he shares the basic steps for creating a cash management plan for startups that have closed an extension or need to make the most out of their precious runway. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Treasury management should be top of mind for startup founders. Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

TC Early Stage is all about helping new startup founders (pre-seed through Series A) learn the essential skills required to build a successful startup. Out of the hundreds of applications we received, we selected 10 founders to pitch on stage for five minutes to a panel of prominent VC judges — followed by a five-minute Q&A.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Complete articles are only available to members, but you can use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one or two-year subscription. Dear Sophie: How did immigration change for startup founders in 2020? Dear Sophie: I’m on an F1 OPT and am about to incorporate a startup with my two American co-founders.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Over the last six months, I’ve written up 25 Pitch Deck Teardowns — the popular series of articles where I review a pitch deck in detail, celebrating the wins and gently (and sometimes not-so-gently) suggesting improvements. You need to understand how VC works; that’s non-negotiable. Get that resolved for yourself!

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Pre-pandemic, VCs were notoriously reluctant to invest in education-related companies. Today, edtech startups are seeing higher average deal sizes, more seed and pre-seed funding from non-VC investors, and an influx of generalists.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2023

In other product news, the company is also releasing some new colors for the C4ST as you can see in the image at the bottom of this article. Of course, things have changed drastically for tech startups. VC firms aren’t deploying capital as rapidly and startup founders sometimes struggle to raise their next funding round.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

“As a startup founder, how do you prevent leakage after spending significant resources to acquire people at the top of the funnel?” ” Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. . “Approximately 95.87% of iOS users drop off after day 30,” writes Martinez.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Dear Newbie, It’s been a crazy couple of weeks and we have more Big Tech (and startup) layoffs coming. As explained in last week’s article, there are ways for laid-off immigrants to seek additional time in the U.S. to make their next move. immigration system can feel weighty.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Because “younger startups are now increasingly getting caught in the act” when it comes to misleading investors, Rebecca Szkutak asked several VCs about the red flags they look for while assessing a pitch and performing due diligence.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2020

While several marketplace unicorns prepare IPOs, a VC digs into the data (EC). In fact you may have noticed many of her articles and her weekly contributions to Equity showing up here already. Alex Wilhelm hears from one startup founder who has taken a bit of an alternative approach to building a SaaS company.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 16, 2023

And rather than giving him just my answer — which might have been unique to my experience, not applicable to his — I decided to do something different and write this article. I posed a question to twenty-one other founders, across many different industries from media to finance, from SaaS to urban farming.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 7, 2011

When I sent out a Tweet with MG’s article I got a number of messages back saying the equivalent of “you don’t need to be a jerk to make a point. VC Pitches. Having been an entrepreneur for near-on a decade and having pitched in 100 VC meetings I hated getting no feedback. And the same holds true for VCs. [if

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

I stopped thinking about my idea for a year after a friend from the recruitment space showed me on AngelList how many VC-backed founders graduated from Stanford or Harvard. PS: Rather than just telling people your idea, build a pitch deck (more on that under point 5 below). (2) Because I listened too much to friendly criticism.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 13, 2021

That’s what the VC guy, Albert, told me was the benchmark for saas companies like us.” They’re taking place right now somewhere in the startup and corporate worlds, in small companies and large, from the Bay area to Boston, Berlin, Barcelona, and beyond! Pricing mistakes are especially tough on startups. Joe turned to face her.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

As I’ve written about before, You’d Have to be a Big Baby to Complain about Being a VC. As a startup founder you rarely have much money in your bank accounts. I recently had coffee with a young friend who just finished his first startup. And I’m happy as a VC. And why I woke up at 4.50am.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2021

This is not a boast, but a warning: I could write a how-to article on almost any topic. Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Additionally, the iterative nature of open-source projects leads to fostering a sense of teamwork between the founders, their team and investors and stakeholders.

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